Research Topic

Limestone Quarries

Limestone quarries were once a prominent industry and the largest employer in Jefferson County, West Virginia, shaping the communities surrounding Harpers Ferry and Bakerton. The industry drew large numbers of working-class laborers whose lives left a lasting impact on the region.

This topic appears in 153 indexed records between 1832 and 1960.
153 Indexed Records
1832 Earliest Record
1960 Latest Record
Bakerton Strongest Location
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May 23, 2020

Killed; James Flanagan

Killed. We learn that Mr. JAMES FLANIGAN, of this County, near the Old Furnace, was killed by Boyer, a quarry hand, on Wednesday last. The particulars of the affair, as far as we have heard them, […]
May 23, 2020

Washington Lime Lay Tramway

County Court.[…]Permission was given the Washington Building Lime Company, of Bakerton, to lay a tramway across the Harper’s Ferry and Shepherdstown road at Flanagan’s quarry, the company agreeing to protect the county from any damages that […]
May 23, 2020

B&O Projected Route

[…] By the projected route through Jefferson and Berkeley counties referred to (the original B. & O. survey), the road would not only touch Shepherdstown, where it would be given a hearty welcome, as was given […]
May 22, 2020

Stave Machine at Lime Works

We understand that the company that owns the lime works at Bakerton will put in a stave machine at that place, and will make their own staves, as well as the barrels for lime. The quarry […]
May 22, 2020

A Visit to Bakerton.

The editor of the REGISTER spent last Friday at the busy village of Bakerton, in this county, where the Standard Stone and Lime Company of Washington, of which the Messrs. Baker are the moving spirits, has […]
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Time Period Concentration

This topic appears most frequently during the following decades.

1890s 50 records
1910s 42 records
1900s 29 records
1930s 10 records
1920s 9 records
1850s 3 records